After being 'saved,' survivors die from neglect.
Aftter being airlifted from New Orleans:
About 100 people have died at the Chalmette Slip after being pulled off their rooftops, waiting to be ferried up the river to the West Bank and bused out of the flood ravaged area, U.S. Rep. Charles Melancon, D-Napoleonville, said Thursday.
About 1,500 people were at the slip on Thursday afternoon, where critical supplies like food and water are scarce, he said. Melancon expressed serious frustration with the slow pace of getting these items to the people waiting to finish their journey to safety. (. . .)
People at the slip indicated that 100 people had died since they arrived, although Melancon said he did not know how they perished.
Melancon said he saw 300 people sent on a tug-boat pulled barge to the Algiers landing, but there weren’t any buses once they landed. A spokesman said the governor’s office indicated they were eventually taken out.
About 100 people have died at the Chalmette Slip after being pulled off their rooftops, waiting to be ferried up the river to the West Bank and bused out of the flood ravaged area, U.S. Rep. Charles Melancon, D-Napoleonville, said Thursday.
About 1,500 people were at the slip on Thursday afternoon, where critical supplies like food and water are scarce, he said. Melancon expressed serious frustration with the slow pace of getting these items to the people waiting to finish their journey to safety. (. . .)
People at the slip indicated that 100 people had died since they arrived, although Melancon said he did not know how they perished.
Melancon said he saw 300 people sent on a tug-boat pulled barge to the Algiers landing, but there weren’t any buses once they landed. A spokesman said the governor’s office indicated they were eventually taken out.
posted by Matt Sandwich | 8:20 AM
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